Churn.



PATENTED OCT. 4, 1904. A. L. GRIFFIN.

GHURN APPLICATION FILED APR. 13. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

igVE/VTOR UNITED STATES Patented October 4, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,4?1, dated October4, 1904.

I Application filed April 18, 1903. Serial No. 152,373. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVIN L. GRIFFIN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing'at Eufaula, in the county of Barber and State ofAlabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ohurns, ofwhich the following is a specification.

.This invention relates to improvements in churns, and particularly tothat class known as vertical-dasher.

The object of the invention is to produce a churn having a cap or coverfor the churnbody and novel dasher-operating mechanism carried by thecap.

Furthermore, the object of the invention is to provide a dashermechanism which is readily dismantled for the purpose of cleaning orrenewing worn or broken parts and to produce novel means whereby thecover and operating mechanism can be applied to an ordinary jar orreceptacle in which a removable guide or bearing is supplied for thepurpose of receiving the lower end of the dasher.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thedetails of construction and in the arrangement and combination of partsto be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a jar, showing the invention partly inperspective and partly in section. Fig. 2 is a view, partly inperspective and partly in section, of the guide used in the device.

The top 5 is attached to the receptacle by the hooks cl engaging eyes onthe under surface of the top, said top having a depending portion 5supported by the strips 7 and having a central hole through which thespindle G of the dasher 3 of any ordinary construction projects. Thespindle C is angular in cross-section.

A ball-channel 9 is formed in the upper surface of the dependingportion, and balls 10 therein support the gear-wheel 4. The saidgear-wheel comprises a body having an angular hole in its center for thereception of the end of the spindle O of the dasher 3, and the rim ofthe wheel is provided with teeth 11, engaged by a toothed wheel 13,which is mounted on the shaft 14. Said shaft 14 rests in the bearings15, supported by the top. A crank 16 is provided for the shaft.

The guide a is formed in two sections hinged together for convenience ininserting same in a receptacle. The recesses 60 form a bearing for theend of the dasher. This is to be used in jars or receptacles notprovided with the usual socket for the end of the dasher.

The jar 1 has a strap 6 buckled therearound, and branches 0 from thestrap have hooks (Z to engage the eyes on the under side of the cover.

Having fully described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a churn, a jar, a strap therearound,

branches on the strap, hooks on the branches, I

a cover having a depending portion with a ball-channel, balls therein, agear-wheel rotatable on the balls, means for driving the gearwheel, ahinged piece adapted to fit in the bottom.of a jar and having recesses,to form a bearing, a dasher resting in the bearing, a spindle ,on thedasher engaging the gearwheel to be rotated thereby, and means on thecover engaged by the hooks.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 8th day of April, 1903.

ALVIN L. GRIFFIN. WVitnesses: I

J. B. LASSITER, E. H. MILLER.

